Some Members of Parliament from the Majority side helped unravel the latest bribery scandal that has hit the Appointment Committee, Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Okudzeto Ablakwa has revealed.
Speaking to the media after vetting Minister Nominee for Gender and Social Protection, Otiko Afisa Djaba, Mr. Ablakwa said: “I can tell you on authority that there were some NPP MPs who helped us blow the alarm, and gave us the hint about where the money is coming from.”
He however refused to mention the specific names of the NPP MPs involved.
The Member of Parliament for Bawku Central, Mahama Ayariga on Friday accused the Energy Minister nominee, Boakye Agyarko, of bribing the ten Minority Members of the Appointment Committee with GHC 3,000 each to influence them to approve his nomination.
Although the Chairman of the Appointment Committee, Joe Osei Owusu, and the Minority Chief Whip, Muntaka Mohammed, have denied the claims, Mr. Ayariga insists his allegation was not fabricated.
Mr. Ablakwa shot down claims that Members of the Appointment Committee have been receiving bribe from the nominees, saying “ I am not aware that we have ever received anything from a nominee. I will never accept anything from a nominee because it could be a trap. This will be the first time this is happening. Allowances are given to us by Parliament as an institution but we don’t charge anybody.”
“I can assure you that I have never received a dime from anybody. This is my fifth term, and I can say that since I started I have not received anything from a nominee. It doesn’t mean that we have been collecting monies from nominees.”
Source: Citifmonline.com
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This young man Okudzeto-Ablakwa should go back and read his bible and repent immediately before calamity befalls him. The wages of sin is DEATH....
Nii npp won the election npp won the election how maney times did akufo lost?. Ndc had full 8years if you don't know
Npp God punished you , you haven't see anything yet.
npp there you are. we thank GOD for what ever you did to Mahama you are going to pay for it.wait more disgrace is on the way.
GOD PUNISH YOU NDC.
NPP won the recent elections on one COUNT only: Vigilance. The one thing the NDC cannot stand is Vigilance. They are going to do everything in their power to steal the virtue called vigilance from the people of Ghana. Please fellow Ghanaians, don't be distracted. Keep wake and keep watch. These are dangerous persons
The NDC MPs should begin to differentiate between CRASS and CLASS and between popular ***barred word*** and popular commonsense. Do these MPs wish to tell Ghanaians that, sitting allowances of MPs are distributed and doled out like pure water during funerals with no administrative or accounting procedures observed? Are the amounts for sitting allowances not clearly spelt out and signed for?Let this smear allegations be investigated and MPs found to be spreading falsehoods suspended from the parliament and prosecuted. This has been so far a problem of babies with sharp teeth and greedy bastards, now they are doing all it takes to rope the NPP into it.
Did he say fifth term? This is his second term in parliament, I suspect the media is being mischievous.
Now he has put a b0mb in the camp of NDC MPs. He is trying to bring it into NPP. Everybody should shut this guy out before he starts mentioning the name Prez Akufo Addo as the one who gave him the money. This guy bought ten tractors for GHS10,000 each without paying for them. These tractors were supposed to be sold to his constituents in Bawku. Recently this same Ayariga signed a contract for the installation of an 18million Euros E-waste processing plant when he had earlier signed one with SGS. He actually signed this new deal because SGS refused to give him a big cut on the contract sum for the project. If the agreement had not been stopped it would have landed the country into the payment of judgement debt in future. Is it not this same Ayariga who spent the country's money at the recent AFCON after as the sports minister? Look who is calling some one cor--rupt. A thi__ef like this who, with the help of Prez Mahama, caused the imprisonment of his colleague for dual citizenship because he wanted to take his seat in parliament. He knew he couldnt ever beat Sakande in real elections and so used the president's power and the cor--rupt judiciary to put him in jail. Being a lawyer Ayariga never thought he would need evidence of the envelope with the money to report of any so-called co-rr-uption in parliament? He could of course get professional liars like Okujeto Ablakwa, Nii Lante, Suhuyini, Ahi, Eric Opoku the crimmiinnal from BA, etc to support him in this crimminnal lies. The target of his mission is to bring into disrepute the image of the leadership of Haruna and Muntaka whoo he jealous so much in parliament. He also want to embarrass President Akufo Addo's nominee for Energy Minister because he performed so well at the vetting to the embarrassment of the minority.
NDC knows no shame! Look at this man? Does he think this propaganda will help NDC? The center can't hold. PROBE SERIOUSLY INTO THIS!